When I took to Slack a couple weeks back and asked Ad Age Executive Editor Nat Ives the question posed in this column's headline, he started typing without missing a beat: "Lemme see ... social (media) climbers ... VYPs (very young professionals) ... bowl cuts ... glue sniffers ... Benjamin Buttons ... loopers ... Is any of this right?"Excellent start! And sure, yeah, maybe all of it is right. Or at least it can be made right, in that, given an hour or two, I bet Nator you or Icould come up with thoughtful-ish justifications for those subdivisional labels, and another 21 to boot, do a quick Google image search for public-domain photos, fire up PowerPoint and, voil, Nat would be a Gen Z "expert" ready to hit the conference circuitcable news appearances and a book deal to follow. (Note to Nat: If you do this, I want 10 percent of your take.)If there's one thing I hope you get from the Jan. 22 Gen Z-focused issue of Ad Age, it's that while it's entirely natural to make generational generalizationsand, yes, such generalizations are often useful and even necessary for marketers and content makers and other parties invested in reaching discrete audiencesthere's also a lot of nonsense baked into the hype. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
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New stores prep to open in Nebraska and Oregon; a bookstore in Colorado changes hands; Barnes & Noble to close a New Jersey location; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A books and records shop opens in an old funhouse; books meet pizza in a Bushwick shop; the Milwaukee, Wisc., staple, Reader's Choice, is set to close; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: two must-read debut novels, plus a search for one's identity in the Arctic Circle. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Razorbill buys an essay collection from a BuzzFeed editor, a University of Texas prof sells an epic science fiction fantasy poem, Broadway actress Alexandra Silber takes a novel—and a memoir—to Pegasus, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emma Cline’s ‘The Girls’ is more than a cult hit, debuting at #5 on our Hardcover Fiction list. Plus the Tony Awards boost the already-strong sales of ‘Hamilton'-related titles, books about dads and granddads have a happy Father’s Day, and much more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon goes Ivy League; book clubs get a store of their own; a Long Island favorite returns with a new look; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foreign rights to Audrey Carlan's erotica series, which was originally self-published and began topping ebook bestseller lists in the U.S. earlier this year, have now sold to a flurry of publishers around the world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We know that Marissa Meyer and Leigh Bardugo’s YA novels usually get pigeonholed as fantasy, but that catch-all doesn’t really convey the essence of the fictional worlds they’ve created and filled with males and females who are equally swashbuckling as heroic characters. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In religion and spirituality publishing news today: a lawsuit issued by Scientology leader David Miscavige against a U.K. publisher, an appeal against censoring children’s books, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended March 27, 2016. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It was the news that had hard-core Dodgers fans personifying the spectrum of face emojis on their smartphones.Time Warner Cable said Tuesday that it had cut by 30% the price of the sports channel owned by the Dodgers with the hope ends the standoff over distribution of the channel with DirecTV... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Truth in Publishing: An insider's series on the challenges facing today's publisher. The post Where is Lead Gen Leading Publishers? Part II appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Truth in Publishing: An insider's series on the challenges facing today's publisher. The post Where is Lead Gen Leading Publishers? Part One appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Around 27% of people fear reading could become a “forgotten pleasure” according to new research commissioned to mark the 10th anniversary of Galaxy Quick Reads. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The kids who helped Pope Francis write a children’s book and a book of spiritual songs owned by the judge of the Salem Witch Trials are among the most-talked about news items in religion and spirituality publishing today. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sometimes fresh interplanetary discoveries can be made right next door. China’s Chang’e 3 rover has found evidence of a new type of basaltic rock in one of the dark basins on the moon. The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, focus on a geologically young region of the moon’s... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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HelLLOooo! Despite—and perhaps because of—incredible advancements in technology, we're constantly romanticizing the analog and near-obsolete. Turntables are perennially en vogue, physical books are having a good year and vinyl record sales continue to climb. In a recent article in the New York... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2015-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fortune smiles on the National Book Award winners, all of whom get a bump in sales this week. Plus new books by David Baldacci, Janet Evanovich, and Todd Wilbur make our top 10 overall list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended September 27, 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gen Z may have missed “Pottermania” at its peak, but J.K. Rowling and her “Potterheads” are making sure they do their bit to keep the magic of Harry Potter alive. Yesterday saw the new Pottermore -- Rowling’s digital entertainment, news and e-commerce company devoted to the Harry Potter books... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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